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Hello open boaters. Dimitris and I are planning a trip up and down the upper reaches of the River Stour in Kent on Saturday the 30th of August. If you are looking for a hard workout or adrenaline rush, this might not be for you. The plan is to start at the pub at Grove Ferry about five miles east of Canterbury and go upstream on the incomming tide ...
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Please note that this trip has been pushed back one week since the http://www.canoexpo.com/ is on the same weekend.
I hava also asked Leo to run this as a 3 star assessment - mainly so the L1 guys can progress to L2 (if they pass that is! :).
Please quickly post here if you are still interested!
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I have spoken with Leo Hoare from http://www.getafix.com/ in North [wikipedia:Wales] about running an open canoe 3 star training/moving water course on the weekend 16-17 23-24 February.
I recently did my 5 star whitewater training with him and was very impressed with his coaching and local knowledge of North [wikipedia:Wales].
The aim is ...
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I am planning to run an introduction to open canoeing course on three consecutive Tuesdays as above. This is intended for those with little or no open canoe experience who would like to try open boats or who need to get the experience for the new Two Star award.
The intention is to do the first two sessions on The Basin and then, subject to ...
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The 2* open canoe syllabus says you need to know how to secure your boat...Fear not - YouTube is your friend:
[YouTube:74WfI_AM9wU]
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I did a weekend of open boating on moving water with James Weir from Kayakojacko back in April this year.
It was great fun and I can higly recommend James for his relaxed coaching style and passion for open boating!
See this blog entry over at Kayakojacko for some pictures.
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Jacko from Kayakojacko has put up some photos from my 3 star assesment on his blog.
A nice evening - thanks!
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I can highly recommend this trip - I did it in April and had an awesome time!
James Weir is really passionate about his open boating and together with his relaxed coaching style this makes for a weekend full of fun and challenging (at just the right level) paddling with a good development as the weekend progress.
Check out the ...
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Rolf Kraiker demonstrates 'Canadian style' flat water paddling - beautiful to watch!
[YouTube:_4RJAeP7pDI]
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I have not heard anything from Jacko yet.
Maybe Luke or Jon G can run an open canoe group on Tuesday?
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